Toothbrush holder



Oct. 5, 1948.

D. BEI-LOCK TOOTHBRUSH HOLDER Filed March 21, 1945 .FrEhZ fig ' Tra/@mi Patented Oct. 5, 1948 TOOTHBRUSH HOLDER David Beilock, New York, N. Y. Application March 21, 1945, Serial No. 583,997

2 Claims.

The object lof the presentinvention is to provide a toothbrush holder, particularly adapted for plastic manufacture, 'and which may be used as a wall insert for bathrooms, as to one form of the invention.

The holder comprises 'a casing and a sliding brush holder adapted to be moved outwardly to expose the` brushes, the hol-der being of special form. The holder is provi-ded with a three-point sliding support within the casing, :the arrangement :being such that it is adequately held wihen moved outwardly to expose the brushes, and will be free from undue friction and disarrangernent. in its backward movement.

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my device taken on the line I-I of Figure 2;

Figure 2 is a front elevation, partly broken away;

Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken on rthe line 3 3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 isa view in elevation showing Ithe holder associated with an underlying cavity block, certain members being shown in dotted lines.

In its general use, my holder will -be sunk into the wall and Ibelow it will be provided a cavity of sufficient length for reception of the lower handle portions of a plurality of toothbrushes. Thu-s, in Figure 4, I have shown `ra cavity block at I which will be open at the top and front to receive the handles of the brushes 2.

The casing may be of uni-tary plastic formation, comprising a top wall 3, side walls 4, and horizontal flange members 5. Depending from the top wall 3, at the center thereof, is yan enlarged area which serves as an aligning guide for a rearwardly projecting slide :bar 1, carried by the cover member 8 of the sliding toothbrush carrier. The said front wall has integrally connected therewith a horizontal tray 8:1: formed with any suitable number of cavities, as at 9, for the brushes 2, and the tray at its upper surface surrounding each cavity may be counter-sunk in conformity with the bristle areas of the brushes, for better hol-ding thereof. Also, the center of the tray may have a seat as 4at Il! for holding a container, as of an antiseptic or deodorizing composition.

Molded as an integral part of the front wall, in the present embodiment, is a pull handle Il, which may form part of the decorative design, as indicated more particularly in Figure 2. 1

It will be noted from Figure 1 that the front wall 8 of the toothbrush carrier is formed with a depending are-a 8m: adapted to cover the front (Cl. 3D2-112.5)

edges of the flange members 5. It will also be noted -that the slide bar carries, Itowards its rear end, a stud 'Ix which will limit the `outward movement of the toothbrush carrier through contact with the rea-r face of depending enlargement 6.

'Ihe structure, as shown in Figures 1 to 3 inclusive, is adapted to be inserted into a wall, for example, in substitution of a tile, the cover of the toothbrush carrier serving as a decorative continuation of the tile facing. In such case, a cavity will be provided 'below the-device for reception of the lower handle areas of the brushes. As indicated in Figure 4, this cavity is preferably faced. with a hollow block open at its front and top, and as indi-cated at I.

The combination of the anges 5 and .the upper and centrally disposed guide provided by the apertured depending enlargement 6, serves to give adequate supporting means for the toothbrush carrier, and, at the `same time, enables easy movement of the carrier, with a minimum friction and n-o jamming, and this with a formation which enables the use of simple molding ldies Yfor the plastic employed. In practice, the stud 1x is delpressed into a receiving aperture provided in the slide bar 1, after the carrier is inserted in the casing, the apertures in the tray giving sufficient clearance for this purpose.

and desire to secu-re by Letters Patentis as follows:

1. A toothbrush holder comprising -a casing having side walls, -a rear wall, and a top wal-l, the casing being of integral construction, and the top wall having a centrally located depending thickened area formed with a horizontal guide aperture .the walls of which afford supporting means, a toothbrush carrier Ih-aving a `front wall carrying near its top a sli-de bar entering the said aperture of thecasing and supported by the walls of Vthe said horizontal guide aperture, said front wall also 'being 'provided near its base with a tray apertured for the reception of toothbrushes, said tray being projected rearwardly-of the front wall, the tray and slide bar being integral with the front wall, said slide bar slidingly engaging the Itop wall of the casing in the movement of the carrier relatively lto the casing.

2. A toothbrush holder adapted to be mounted within ra wall cavity and consisting of a rectangular lcasing having side walls, a rear wall and a horizontal top wall, the casing also being formed with opposed inwardly lprojecting flanges at its base, and with an area depending from its top Having described my invention, what I claim to en er said guide aperture and to rest upon the Number base au .thereof in ,a plurality of posit-ions of the 1,213,235 front wall relatively to the easing, `said front 1,373,828 wall also# arearwardy' p'izoj'ecti'ng, ftray 10 2,-1'5'21283` aperturedo receive toothbrushes; the sides rofthe tray normally resting upon the said flanges of the easing and being slidable relatively thereto.

DAVID BEILQGK, l

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Meiers Jlan. 123, 1917 Ashfield Sept. 13, 1932 

